James Baker

James Addison Baker III (born on April 28, 1930), American politician and diplomat, was White House Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration, United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988 in the second Reagan administration, and United States Secretary of State in the administration of President George H. W. Bush.

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  James Baker
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  portrait of James Baker
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  President Reagan holds a oval office staff meeting with (from left to right) Michael Deaver, Ed Meese, James Baker (1981)
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  Chief of Staff James Baker (left) with Ed Meese (Counsellor to the President) and Michael Deaver (Deputy Chief of Staff) at the White House (1981)
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  submission of the Iraq Report to George W. Bush
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  arriving in Kuwait, 1991